Exploring the applications of fractional calculus: Hierarchically built semiflexible polymers

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 527-533

  Fürstenberg, Florian ^a   Dolgushev, Maxim ^a   Blumen, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Fractals; Hyperbranched; Polymers; Semiflexible

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENDRIMERS; FORESTRY; FRACTALS; MONOMERS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; GENERALIZED GAUSSIAN; HYPERBRANCHED; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; LINEAR SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES; SEMI-FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; SEMIFLEXIBLE; TREE-LIKE STRUCTURES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84948579400     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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